Disklavier

Good afternoon, everyone.

There is one very reliable solution: the Yamaha UX96 MIDI interface.  
This interface connects to USB on either a Mac or Windows computer.  
It has MIDI In and Out ports as well as a To Host serial port. I have  
not used this with the To Host serial port on a Disklavier in some  
time. I think that you need to set the To Host port to Mac when using  
a Mac or to PC2 when using a Windows computer.

The UX96 is a somewhat expensive solution since USB-to-Serial  
converters cost much less. I think that the UX96 is in the $80-100  
range. However, I am not sure whether such converters will work  
because they need a driver that is compatible with the flow of MIDI  
data. On a Windows computer, I think that the Yamaha CBX driver  
communicates with the serial port for this purpose. I don't think  
that you can tell this driver to communicate with a USB port that has  
a converter connected to it.

Alternatively, a USB MIDI interface, like the Yamaha UX16 works just  
fine. It has USB at the computer end and MIDI In and Out plugs at the  
other.

Regards,
PianoBench

On Feb 10, 2006, at 1:24 PM, jason_jkim wrote:

> Hi All
>
> I have the following configuration.
>
> computer(com2) -> ccibm cable -> TO HOST port on TG100 -> TG100(MIDI
> out) -> MX80(MIDI in) or DKC5R controller -> MX80.  And it plays fine.
> However, I used old computer that has serial port.  I was wondering or
> if anybody tried USB to serial converter.  Ultimately I want to use
> laptop or computer with USB port with the following setting.  BTW, the
> TG100 only say MAC, MIDI, PC1 and PC2.
>
> So the configuration will be laptop -> USB to Serial converter ->  
> CCIBM
> cable -> TO HOST port on TG100.  Is this going to work?
>
> Any feedback is helpful and appreciated.  Thank you.
>
> Jason